Comparison of the Family Therapy Educational and Experience Requirements for Licensure or Certification in Six Mental Health Disciplines

Crane, Diana; Shaw, Aidan; Christenson, Jacob D.; Larson, Jeffry H.; Harper, James M.; Feinauer, Leslie L.

doi:10.1080/01926187.2010.513895

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“…This may or may not be the case. Additional research is underway to determine the required training for each of the mental health disciplines (Crane, Shaw, Christenson, Larson, Harper, & Feinauer, in press).…”

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Individual Versus Family Psychotherapy in Managed Care: Comparing the Costs of Treatment by the Mental Health Professions

Crane

Payne

2009

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

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In an effort to understand how psychotherapy is practiced in the "real world," outpatient claims data were examined to determine the cost of individual and family therapy provided by marital and family therapists, master's nurses, master's social workers, medical doctors, psychologists, or professional counselors. Claims for 490,000 unique persons over 4 years were obtained from CIGNA. Family therapy proved to be substantially more cost-effective than individual or "mixed" psychotherapy. Physicians provided care in the fewest sessions, marital and family therapists had the highest success (86.6%) and lowest recidivism rates (13.4%), and professional counselors were the least costly. Outcomes were overwhelmingly successful, with 85% of patients requiring only one episode of care.

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Individual Versus Family Psychotherapy in Managed Care: Comparing the Costs of Treatment by the Mental Health Professions

Crane

Payne

2009

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

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“…Although the findings from this study are limited to cost-effectiveness, other research supports the argument that those who suffer from depression could benefit by having couple or family therapy (Barbato & D'Avanzo, 2008;Beach & Whisman, 2012), with the option of selecting a trained marriage and family therapist as a provider (Crane et al, 2010). Thus, both the patients and their families have a chance at learning to cope with depression together.…”

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Costs of Treating Depression With Individual Versus Family Therapy

Crane

Christenson

Dobbs

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J Marital Family Therapy

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Depression is one of the most common concerns that bring clients to treatment. Although marriage and family therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment, little research exists regarding the cost-effectiveness of related services. In this study, we examined claims data for 164,667 individuals diagnosed with depression to determine (a) differences in the cost of treating depression according to type of therapy and license type, (b) differences in recidivism rates by age, gender, type of therapy, and type of mental health professional, and (c) differences in cost-effectiveness by therapy modality and type of professional. The results showed that services provided by marriage and family therapists resulted in the lowest recidivism rate, and family therapy services were the least expensive.

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“…Licenses are issued and monitored at the state level; therefore, the minimum board requirements for To compare the licensure requirements across states, we collected information from each jurisdiction and outlined: (a) educational requirements, (b) supervision requirements, (c) supervisors' credentials, and (d) continued education units (CEU) requirements. In line with other researchers (Crane et al, 2010;DiLillo, DeGue, Cohen, & Morgan, 2006;Hartley, Ziller, Lambert, Loux, & Bird, 2002), who outlined licensure requirements for other behavioral health professions, we obtained the majority of the information by conducting web-based searches of state board and legislative websites. When statutes and requirements pertaining to licensure were unclear, we emailed or phoned state boards and associations for further clarification and referenced the personal communication if they responded to our queries.…”

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A Review of Board Standards Across Behavioral Health Professions: Where Does the BCBA Credential Stand?

Kazemi

Shapiro

2013

Behav Analysis Practice

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HIGHLIGHTS1. As with any profession, the reputation of the BCBA credential is influenced by the ethics and professional competence of the credentialed individuals delivering services and by the continued effectiveness of such services.2. Is the BCBA an appropriate basis for licensure of practitioners who provide ABA services?3. We compared the BCBA credential to well-known licensures in similar behavioral health professions.4. In conclusion, we have provided evidence that the degree and educational requirements for certification of behavior analysts are commensurate to board standards for licensure of other behavioral health professionals.5. We recommend that future research focus on measuring the effectiveness of current board requirements in producing competent behavior analysts. and found that the minimum requirements for certification of behavior analysts were commensurate. We discuss the implications of our comparisons for practitioners, consumers, and the field and offer some recommendations for future consideration.

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Comparison of the Family Therapy Educational and Experience Requirements for Licensure or Certification in Six Mental Health Disciplines

Cited by 22 publications

References 12 publications

Individual Versus Family Psychotherapy in Managed Care: Comparing the Costs of Treatment by the Mental Health Professions

Individual Versus Family Psychotherapy in Managed Care: Comparing the Costs of Treatment by the Mental Health Professions

Costs of Treating Depression With Individual Versus Family Therapy

A Review of Board Standards Across Behavioral Health Professions: Where Does the BCBA Credential Stand?

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